Gameday Recipe: Guido’s Burrito Fritto

Football season is just around the corner so I thought I would whip out some new gameday recipes. I’ll lead off with this recipe straight out the Waco’s Little Italy neighborhood. . . if Waco had a Little Italy. Guido’s Burrito Fritto is simply a chimichanga filled with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese with marina dipping sauce.

Guido’s Burrito Fritto

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Recipe Type: Appetiser, Entree

Author: Stuart Reb Donald

Prep time: 1 hour 10 mins

Cook time: 4 mins

Total time: 1 hour 14 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 8″ flour tortillas

1 TBL flour

1 TBL water

8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese

32 pepperoni slices

1 cup of your favorite marinara

Instructions

Heat each tortilla on a griddle or in the microwave. Cover with warm moist towel until you are ready for them.

In a small bowl combine the water and flour to make a paste.

On the bottom third of a tortilla place two ounces of cheese and eight peperoni slices.

Stuart is a celebrity chef, food activist and award-winning food writer. He penned the cookbooks Third Coast Cuisine: Recipes of the Gulf of Mexico, No Sides Needed: 34 Recipes To Simplify Life and Amigeauxs - Mexican/Creole Fusion Cuisine. He hosts two Internet cooking shows "Everyday Gourmet" and "Little Grill Big Flavor." His recipes have been featured in Current, Lagniappe, Southern Tailgater, The Kitchen Hotline and on the Cooking Channel.